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Nirß. ALFRED MELLON'S CONChal S 17A- EVER ., " EVEN'ING,at ROY A.L ITALIAN OPERA. HOUSE, COVSNT-GARDEN, 'll-IIS r:NING Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, Mdlle. Sou Kr Ets Mr. Levy , Mr. Hu g hes, Mr. Patey. and Ali Ben - ali e. Part Songs and Glees sung by miss Fosoroa.e, Mrs. Di. Icon, Mr. A. Al athisen. and Mr. C. Henry. BAND OF ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, Due Shili~ng; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, .£1 Is. and Vs. ed. To-morrow, Saturday, the Second Volunteer Night. 0Y AL PRINCESS'S THEATR73.— , Sole Lessee and Mana g er, Mr. Geo. Vining. VA ~^IIIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 01:afferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE ST RE ETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining 4-, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forme. ker. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Matston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss nny Gwynne. AL, ADELP sate Proori , tor an d Vfanazer, M. B. Webster. THIS EVNING, MY Vi-IFE'3 MAID. Messrs. J. L. E Toole, P. Bedford, R. Phillips, and Mr . Alfred Mellon. After w.,ich, ASKS A. D FACES. Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedfori, It. Phillips, Billington, Stuart; B . stirling, Mrs. Billing on. and Miss 11. Simms. To conclude with THE ACTO R ' S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Bethord, R. and Aliss Woolg.r. Commence at 7. N EW BOWER OPERETTA HOUSE.- Senora Georgi Cardinal, the min at Spanish Come willed, together with oienne, in Smyth Lee's new and eminently. successfml Come di.-tta, HER ONLY FAILIG-,;, CYJION AND IPHIGENIA., 11,ED CHAMPAG.NE and THE KISS AND THE itOE, will be repeated EVERY EVENING. eIOUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY. of Itn , enj-street, have now in stock a k) var iety of WASULNG DRINSZS, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out price of only £1 us. Bd. tue dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. --- , ~s., B L Acb. SlLti,--The price of Silks in the raw material has already r'sen 15 per cent, and it will soon reaeli a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, thereto, e, invite their numers,us patrons'to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they c In now dispose of on favour able terms; but the same qualities will naturally b., more co,tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The MLLES HAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 239. per ton. I Double 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Deep ....215. „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lgent. rylaE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing th 3 Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can tic had it:very Evening of G. it. GLL.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATES I' EDITION of "THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by f iE NRy BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rEas DAY.—Morning, 3h. 3m.—Afternoon, 3h. 26m. ro.gonzow.-Morning, 311. 48m.—Afternoon, 4h. 10m. „ 01, ly , ,47.4 LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1864. Out of two childish and senseless absurdities two populous towns—sae in France, the other in Ireland—are now suffering very lamentably. A rocket fired into the air during the imperial demon strations on Monday evening (the Fete NAPOLEON) at Limoges, has resulted there in a fearfully destruc tive conflagration. A big doll paraded through the streets of Belfast bythe local Orangemen—after wards burnt as a sort of GUY FAUX representative of the Liberator—the ashes of it being eventually, with an indecent mockery, no less of Death than of the Great Dead, whose memory was thus nnprovokedly held up as a mark of public abhorrence and derision in the very land where that memory of DANIEL O'CONNELL is, not undeservedly, revered and be loved ! This senseless playing with a big doll in the streets of Belfast, we say, has led—thanks to the savage stupidity of the originators of that counter demonstration to the Great O'CONNELL Demon. stration in Dublin—:o the delivering up of the Town of Belfast, now for nearly one whole fort night, into the hands of lawless rioters. Viewing the latter occurrence as dispassionately as possible from this side of St. George's Channel, it seems to us to be only a matter of simple justice that we should recall to mind a fact already beginning to be in a great measure lost sight of ! Namely, the fact as tothe side upon which these riotings in Belfast began. It requires only to be mentioned thus quite plainly to insure its revival, upon the instant here in England, in the popular recollection. The rioting then it is bat right and fair that we should recall this to mind—the rioting began, yonder in Belfast, dis tinctly, solely, and exclusively on the side of the Orangemen. In the midst of their fcolishvagarieswith that absurd lay figure of O'CONNELL the Belfast disturbances commenced with the flourishing of bludgeons, the flinging of stones and brickbats, the smashing of windows, the attacking and the sacking of a Nunnery. The occasion for all this, or rather, the plea far it all, being—a counter demonstration ! A Counter Demonstration at Belfast to the gigantic and: perfectly peaceable Demonstration known to be then (simultaneously) taking place in Dublin—. where at the very centre of the grandest street of all in the Irish Capital, the foundation stone of a Na tional Memorial to O'CONNELL was being laid, not precipitately or irritatingly, but calmly and deliberately, after the great Tribune's remains had been reposing for nearly eighteen years in his grave at Glasneven. Eighteen years t It was time that a monument to O'CONNELL—their Liberator—should be raised by the Irish people in the very centre of their metropolis, as a memorial, not of his name, for that in its mere historical greatness is certainly /Ere perennius, but as a memorial of their love, gratitude, and admiration. After waiting so long, before thus obtruding their re gard for O'CoNNELL's memory upon the attention of those who had no respect for it, on the contrary, the very reverse—the Roman Catholic people of Ireland could hardly be reprehended in this matter of an O'CONNELL monument, and by necessity also (in laying the foundation stone of it) an O'CON NELL Demonstration—the Roman Catholic people of Ireland, it is bat fair to say this, could hardly in this matter be reprehended for anything like officiousness, or precipitation. It was but reason able, indeed, that the men who had been liberated by O'CONNELL—as not only the Irish Catholics, but all the other Roman Catholics throughout the length and breadth of the British Empire had hien liberated by O'CONNELL — it was but reasonable that those whom O'CONNELL had liberated, should, at length, very tardily, after this precise fashion, namely, by raising a great public Monument, a National Memorial in his honour, evidence their appreciation of ' t a m as thei r L iberator. How their procee'llns went, in so doing—g e.t last, after so many years had elapsed since the death of O'CONNELL—we know. The de monstration marked the laying the foundatie a tone of this O'c oNN e_ L Memorial in Dub'' in two ways; exceptionally grand air ing demonvrati.ins of any ki , place there in the Iri-' ..01 was, -.ln all preced -.1 that had ever t a k en ..41 capital, It WAS thus doubly , inong all the demonstrations that had taken place there in Dablin, b ecause it was the vastest that had ever been witnessed there, and because, while it was the vastest demonstration, it was a demonstration unmarked from beginning to end by one single accident to life or limb, to person or property, nay, by any the smallest disturbance whatsoever. It was while this grand, and peaceful, and perfectly reasonable demonstration was taking place in Dublin, that the ill adrieed Orangemen of exceptioral eve" &Jest allowed their animosity to O'CONNELL'S memory to lead them so far in their carrying out of a counter-demonstration, that—in lighting the bat,fire th at roasted the effigy of the Liberator, they may be said to have kindled their own passions beyond control, thereby igniting a conflagration more lamentable and more dis astrous of its kind than that which has just reduced two hundred houses to ashes at Limoges. Whosoever it was among the Orangemen of Belfast w ho first set on foot that ridiculous counter demon stration—which distinctly gave the signal for all this rioting in Belfast by smashing the windows of pri vate dwellinghousee, molesting foot-passengers, and wrecking a nunnery—whosoever among the Belfast Orangemen led the way in those first day's proceedings —is the firebrand that kindled those evil passions on both sides, which have since been raging so disastrously, there in Belfast, for nearly one whole tortnight—passions that threaten to spread riot and bloodshed from Belfast to Dun dalk, and from Dundalk far and wide through those north-eastern parts of Ireland. The progress of cotton cultivation in different parts of the world still continues to excite consider• able interest, and indeed it can hardly fail to do so while the necessities of the population are so much affected by it. All classes have more or less suffered from the extravagant price and inferior quality of cotton fabrics, and, like a friend, who makes his value felt by his absence, cotton has taught us how useful and übiquitous it is by our constant need of it now that it is difficult to get, and of doubtful quality when obtained. The poorer classes more especially have had cause to lament the American War, not only as regarding Lancashire, bat as put ting the common commodities of household economy almost beyond the reach of heads of families. There is little doubt, however, that what has caused such wide distress will in the end be productive of large and lasting good. Besides the stimulus given to Indian trade, which has borne it through the first difficulties, many countries with idle or ill-employed land have turned their attention to this profitable cultivation, In several parts of Africa there are promising indications of a thriving trade, which, if it should realise the expectations formed of it, may prove of the greatest service to that country, and may even serve eventually as a check upon the slave trade by raising the value of negro labour at home. The Executive Committee of the Cotton Supply Association, which has done such good service in encouraging experiments in cultivation, lately re ceived a letter from Durban, Natal, enclosing two fine samples of Sealsland cotton, valued respectively at four and five shillings the pound, This kind of cotton, which is one' of the finest sorts, succeeds well, and is said to be better adapted to the climate than any other. The weather in that part has been unfavourable, being very stormy, but the planters were not discouraged. • Cotton in Barbary is de scribed as thriving, and the Moors have taken up the notion with great energy. They are sowing cotton in quantities, and seed had been in great request. The West Indies are fortunately well adapted to the growth of cotton, as might be sup • posed from their geographical position. Shan't they be able to open a good trade in this quarter it will go far towards restoring their long lost prosperity. From Jamaica samples have been received, valued as high as 33d. and 34d. per pound. From the go. vernor of Antigua a fine sample, grown from New Orleans seed, has been received, with a despatch stating that it had been grown under unfavourable circumstances, as from the period of planting to that of picking—three months—no rain whatever had fallen. Die Governor is very anxious that the cotton cultivation should have a fair trial in this island, as there are many estates now lying waste which might be turned to profitable account. From Berbice and St. 'Thomas there are favourable ac counts, while in Ceylon an individual has made au experiment with so much success that he has made application for seed sufficient to plant 50 acres. Li the Navigator Islands the attempt to sow cotton is also being made with a fair prospect of success. But the cultivation is not everywhere prosperous, and the Association chronicles with equal fidelity the efforts which fail and which answer. In Madeira it has proved a decided failure; a plot of ten acres being in one instance planted three times without any result. One speculator had been more fortunate in his first attempts, but subsequently his crop en tirely failed, so that experienced men are of opinion that it will not do to try cotton in Madeira. This affords a curious contrast to soma other localities not, one would think, so very dissimilar. It is evident that cotton does not require the same elements of strength and health as human beings, seeming to flourish best in the least salubrious places. In the West Indies, as we have seen, it is thriving, while, on " fair Madeira's vine crowned hills of health," as MONT GOMERY styles them, it absolutely refuses to grow. In South America it bids fair to become of some importance. From Peru accounts have been re ceived which are very encouraging, and the Peruvian plants stand the sun so well that they are well adapted for introduction into Southern India, where, if properly watered, they are more remune, rative than the indigenous variety. The produce is of flue quality ranking next to Sea Island. They have been extensively grown in the districts of Kistua and South Arcot, where the yield has been at the rate of 560 lbs of clean cotton per tawny, which is equal to an acre and a quarter. The plant shoot out fresh blossoms before one crop is fully gathered, At Nellore it has been found that the yield of cotton (from New Orleans seed) is at the rate of 150 lbs per acre, but w here irrigation is employed, once in eight days, it is 250 lbs. In several parts of Africa, as we have said, the cultivation is thriving; and, indeed, in many places it already grown in some quantities by the natives. The Governor of the Gambia gives some valuable information acquired by Staff Assistant.Sargeon HARVEY, on his route to the Upper River, when he saw large inclosures with fair crops of cotton. Af Medina, the capital of W oolli, the people t-' that they could bring plenty of cow wanted. Dr. HARVEY sucee. ' ,dlcl him -a to market it ..atd in ne go ti a ti ng a for the fri e nd s hi r treaty with the King oft , f oo lli, who is very anxious so that tr- - , and trade of English merchants, establ; —wets may now w i t h perfect safety ..sti depots th roughout the King's dominions. .eurth er north, on the same continent, things are more advanced, for 'we learn from Alexandria that money is in great demand, owing to the large sums rent into the interior for advances on the new seL P:an's cotton crop, which some persons value at £25,000,000. Should these anticipations be even partially realised, Egyptian cotton will have a beneficial effect upon the English market, and help to brighten still further the improving prospects of Lancashire. It is much to be regretted that the prejudices en tertained against transportation to Western 'Aus tralis should still remain in full force in many quar ters, for until more general views are held on the matter it seems very difficult to decide what is to be done with our convicts. Still, while persons sup posed to be acquainted with the details, and ap parently interested in the bearings o the question, will persist in making so many objections to the scheme, it ie AU awkward thing for the Home Go verement to deal with than so as to do justice to the whole of the parties concerned. It is of ima mense importance to the convicts themselves that they should be sent to that State, for there they can begin a new life, as it were, when they have worked out their sentences. It adds greatly to the vexation of the affair that the objections which are so plen tifully put in against this proposal are not of a tenable nature, but almost always the result of pre judice and the consequence of looking at the ques tion in a one-sided manner. However, it is well known that imaginary fears are often more difficult to overcome than well-grounded apprehensions, and therefore it will not lessen the regrets of those who rend and hear of the many obstacles interposed to know that experience would prove the fellacy of the inisaical arguments. The Royal commission which recently investigated the subject of penal servitude were greatly in favour of this plan of sending con victs to Western Australia, but their recommenda tions have shared the same fate that usually attends such advice, and it is greatly to be deplored that such should be the case. In a letter which has been addessed to the limes by the late Chief Justice of South Australia this subject is taken up again: the various points are discussed with great moderation, but still the writer is dead against the proposal. It is rather curious to notice some of the points which he argues upon, for they seem to contradict them selves in a great measure, In the first place, he admits that many of the places that now object to the introduction of convicts among them were originally penal settlements, and that the convict labour and the capital of the Government expendi ture were the beginning of the great wealth which they now enjoy. It would seem rather strange, then, that Western Australia should be deprived of all these advantages because the old colonists have discovered that they do not like to have convicts sent oat. It cannot be true that the same evils attend their dispersion in those distant colonies that are inseparable from their being sent forth here to mingle in our crowded cities with their old associates, and resume their bad ways. his impossible to have the same checks interposed upon them here as naturally arise out there, and the judgment which condemns the trans mission of convicts is an erroneous one in itself, and productive of great and serious evils to many. Why shoatd it be so mucla worse for the colonists to have hundreds of these men whose sentences have ex pired among them than for us at home to have them constantly about us. It is a cruel determination on the part of the protesting colonists, and one that is not likely to do them any credit in the long run, when the full consequences it involves are taken into consideration. All that tends to lessen the spead of evil, and decrease the chances of se-convic tion by old offenders, should be gladly hailed as a boon by all wellwishers of their kind, and it is dis heartening to witness the predominance of such selfishness, and the exhibition of so much prejudice among those who have gained their advantages in many instances from the very plan which they now so bitterly inveigh against. It is some satisfaction to know that in this country the system of penal servitude will be carried on very differently from what it has been, so that if we are forced to keep these unfortunate outcasts among us there will not be the same risk that there has hitherto been in the arrangements. The circular letter addressed by Sir GEORGE GREY to the judges is a proof of the improvements that have already been effected, and doubtless, as time goes on, additions will be made to the reforms already instituted in this respect. Some of the most striking of the changes and altera tions that have been made exemplify the full im portance of the subject, and there is great reason to rejJice that so much should have been done to deter the devotees of crime from the prosecution of their iniquitous purposes. The short sentences that have done so much harm are now done away with, and five years is the least term that can be assigned for the duration of imprisonment. This regulation is a very desirable one, since it must increase the too terrors of the law that have of late years been much divested o' their deterring a'.eributes. Th e more stringent measures to be 'aenceforth adopt e d in respect to tickets-of-lea-sd are also highly to b e applauded, and strict Attention to the rules enj o i ne d will moat likely be attended with a desirable issue, as here state s? the consequence of th ese arrangements will be twat " nothing is left to accident or caprice, but the punishment inflicted is precisely that which was intended." The mode of granting "remissions' , will be changed in a great degree, and it will not in future be so easy for a convict to become poasessed of this advantage as it has hitherto been ; steady and laborious industry as well as general good con duct will now be requisite towards the obtaining of the desired end. 'lbis will interpose a salutary check to the course of deceit practised by those supposed to be the mos`, hopeful, and put them to a test which they cannot easily evade. It is especially desirable that a decided clause should have been passed in respect to life sentences, so that 'g l ean once a convict has received this extreme !sentence it should be adhered to, and nothing except "the mercy of the CROWN, on sp ec i a l grounds," should be allowed to alter its coules, or put a period to its duration. Altogether it must be considered that the changes m entioned are mo s t su i table an d sa ti n . factory ties, and the benefit th a t w i ll accrue t o f society from the introduction of these salutary changes in our system of prison discipline and coarse of penal servitude are most likely to be great. It was certainly time that something was done to improve the existing state of things, and it is well that such decided steps have b ten taken. AN ENGLISH LADY'S CARICATURE OF PARISIAN FRENCHMEN.-1 was very fond of walking in the Bois do Boulogne, Parisian Madame is very great there. Dressed within an inch of her life, she haughtily survey from her carriage the humble pedestrian, I /0- e tho pcaranee of Madame.—l saw many fan — mightily —piquant faces, with 1 - -. A w" 1 . 1 :41 Walled roe lips, and pert little nc' eyes, clear eking, full cannot speak sn of no particular architecture. I ..courably of Parisian Monsieur ; he is an get)- animal ; he is fat, stumpy, and badly putto ....er ; he has short, sunk fe a t ures , an d a sa ll ow dirty I skin. The hat he wears does not improve him. 11 cut close, after the fashion of the en f orce d co iff ure o f her Majesty's gaols, is not becoming\ Re shaves off his whis kers and a livid blue mark m ean d ers over h i s f a t c heeks. The nape of his neck i s thi c k an d re d , and h i s c loudy. shaven head reveals it i n a ll it s hid eousness, Id o no t like Parisian Mosso° ;he is rud e an d ill-b red. is hair poltiesse Franccnse exiite p(ms—it must have been one of the ear liest victims of the Revolution.—. London Society. , THE NEW CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT LEAMINGTON. •-Ihe ceremony of consecrating the new Roman Catholic chapel at Leamington was commenced on Wed nesday morning, by the bishop, Dr. Ullathrone, as sisted by the Rev. G. Jeffries, vicar- genera l, an d a b ou t e i g ht or nine clergy. The walla of the chapel were first sprinkled, out side and inside, with holy water, and afterwards the altar was consecrated. There was a Maltese cross in the nave, upon the two shafts of which the bishop wrote the letters of the Greek and Latin alphabet, signifying the union of Greek, barbarian, and different nations in the one fold of Christ. The celebration of Mass brought the ceremony to a close about eleven o'clock. The chapel, which stands upon a large and eligible plot of land, in Dormer-place, opposite to the Royal Pump Room GArdens is said to be one of the finest of any of the Catholic chapels within the circuit of the midland district. It has been erected by Mr. W. G. Gascoyne, builder, of Leamington, from the designs of Mr. Chitton, New Burlington-street, London. " LORD DUNDREART" AND " BROTHER SAM" IN 1.11.13 LAICZ DISTRICT.—Under this heading we recently inserted a paragraph which has, we regret to hear, caused some annoy ance to Mr Cli ff ord (the manager of the Kass wick Theutre), a gentleman who holds a respectable position in his profession, and who is deservedly esteemed in the Lake district. Our correspondent who furnished us with this information in good fatal Wad unwittingly made parti cipator in a foolish hoer, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON CAPE CLEAR, AUG. 19, The Inman steamship, City of Washington, from New York on the 6th inst., arrived here this morn ing. Her advices have been fully anticipated by the Belgian, which brought despatches to the 6th evening. NEW YORK AUG. 6, 11 A.M. The re-invasion of Maryland is fully confirmed. The Confederates crossed the Potomac yesterday morning, in three columns of six to eight thousand each, at Hancock, Shepardstown, and Williamsport, at 10 a.m. They occupied Hagerstown. They are reported to have reached Middleburg, 11 miles north of Hagerstown, this morning. Despatches from Harrisburg assert that the three columns have united, and are marching upon Cumberland and Pittsburg. The situation at Petersburg is reported unchanged Nothing later from Atlanta. Nonaoffizial advices from New Orleans state that Admiral Farragut, with a large fleet of gunboats aad ironclads, attacked the defences of Mobile on the 27th ult., and succeeded in passing Forts Gains and Morgan, commanding the entrance io the har bour. The contest was still in progress on the 30th ult. The result is unknown. Governor Seymour has remonstrated with the authorities at Washington upon the excessive quotas assigned to the cities of New York and Brooklyn under the President's late call for tioops. Gold 1611. The City of Washington takes out 79,561 dols. in specie. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 18. It is asserted that the Minister of Finance intends to propose a modification of the Customs tariff with France, which is to be framed in a more liberal sense. ARRIVAL OF THE RIPON. SOU [HAMPTON, AUG. 9. The Peninsular and Oriental Cumpany's steam ship Ripon, with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, China, and Australian mails, arrived here to-day. She brings 144 passengers, £942 in specie, 858 packages of cargo, including ra w silk, value X 60,000; musk, 1,600 rupees; precious stones, 1,000 rupees; gold embroidered velvet carpets for Sir Charles Wood, value 25,000 rupees; and jewellery, value 500 rupees. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 14. Her Majesty's ships Procris and Redpole, the French transport Jura, and an Egyptian gunboat, were in the harbour. Exchange on London, 90 days, 501 ; on Paris, 5 21; on Genoa, 5 31 ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, AUG. 19. The Bengal, with the above mails, reached Suez at midnight yesterday, The Nubia arrived at Poiltt de Galle on the 2d inst., all well. BANK OF FRANCE. (REITTER'S EXPRESq P.laiN, August 18. The following is the retu:-, o o f t h e Bank of Franc: , for the week, toget - ..,er with the corresponding figures of the Fr . : rtous account : - r• AUGUST 18. AUGUST 11. _f.,R.,f 5. C. t c. „, a P'' - ....r ot the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 ... routs in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9,1657) 5,126,1 711 5,114,862 48 Reserve in the Bank and its branches Reserve in lanch d property 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 769,096,425 777,023,925 -- Batik notes to order and re- ceipt4 payable at sight:. 5,290,677 16 6,233,349 15 Treasury acJ. cur. creditor 61,400,09 79 57,968,339 40 Currentaccounts — Paris,.lll,o77,3B6 20 122,254 979 44 Do. branch-banks 28,49,631 26,611,833 Dividends paybblu 2,240,824 75 2,16b,71U 75 Discounts and sundry interests 7,848,640 17 7,124,840 91 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries .. 1047,085 24 15,838,120 4 t 1,216,891,401 77 1,231,833,445 85 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks 276,200,182 91 272,433.487 38 Commercial bills overdue 1,075,097 95 8,246, 81 8 11 Commercial billsdiscouLted not yet due ... 321.703,934 02 330,403,019 35 Do. branch-banks,,,, 305,316,363 --- 303,092,566 Advances on deposits cf bullion ... Do. branch- banks „ „ 3,831,700 -- 3,957,700 Advances on Frenchpublio securities .. Do. branch-banks.. , , 9,154,150 —9,412,8 A Advances on railway shares and debentures.... ..,, 27,692,600 --. 27,792,900 • Do branch-bans..., 18,669,6L0 —. 18,704,050 Advances on Credit Fen tier Bonds 400,000 --- 395,000 Do. branch-banks „ , Advances to the State (Conven, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve ~ „ 12,98u,750 14 1 2 , 980 , 750 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) Rotel and furniture of tha Bank Landed property', branches Expenses of nianagernent 713,400 44 712,921 54 Sundries 2,296, 903 65 5 ,1 86 ,074 37 1,216,891,401 77 1,231,833,445 85 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the 13ank • A.D. Wally. I N ie ; a n d ic in h g vee Co p m oi i u c te p cl u o b u li t ca s t o i m on e s BUTT or PUNCLI FVN A--The Teak: gao,ndof tun) o h f av th in e g tw an o Will not have forgotten the Curious coincidenee matter of the same kindp lief tldnhttited with any ter of public fie but • h th* ..4ortance, with some mg of an en -fly private character. A person of decidedly Hebraic weeks(P une h a origin, adorned with whiskers of gigantic proportions, was represented entering the studio of an artist, and request ing (or rather demanding) o f him to purehase a work of hie in consideration of prospec tive pu ff s in the newspapers. Some people ate) , think that such a notion was utterly chimerical and too far removed from the region of the possible to be seriously considered, but to all such and also to those who are sceptical as to the ffdetity with which the comic caricaturists adhere to the truth of nature, we commend the report of a case which Was tried in the Marylebone County Court a few days ago, before Sir J. E. Wilmot, the judge; which case is re ported in The Borough of Mal ylebone Merctoy of last week. The plaintiff in this case was a certain Mr Ben Charles Jones, who described himself as an author, living at No. 9, Arundel-gardens, Kensington-park, and the defendant was Mr C. Silvy, the well-known photographer, residing at 38, Prochester-terrace. Mr Jones was endeavouring to re cover the Bum of 41 14e for books stated to have been ordered by and delivered to the plaintiff, The statement on behalf of the defendant was, that Mr Jones had been intro duced to him in February last, and had proposed to him to subscribe for "a hundred lectures." The defendant re fused to sign any contract, but said he would pay for the volumes as he had them. Three volumes had been sent, and the author had called to state that he was "an author of great repute and an influential member of the press, in which latter capacity he could du for the defendant a vast amount of good by mentioning his name favourably in the different Loudon newspapers." Tee defendant further more stated, that on being called upon to pay the money "be declined to have anything whatever to do with him; and on plaintiff pressing him, he peremptorily told him that he would have nothing to do with either him or his books," Some days afterwards, however, a parcel was left with the books, and eventually the plaintiff called for pay ment, but he soon ordered him off and his books too. N o evidence was given as to " the vast amount of good" which the plaintiff was capable of doing, and after going into the case with some minuteness, the judge announced his inten tion of postponing it for fresh evidence, when the plaintff elected to be non-suited. A case like this, unless properly explained, is not likely to raise the reputation of the press in the estimation of the world at large,— ThTe , _ady' 8 News paPor, MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS. Another week of these delightful and thoroughly popular musical entertaiments is drawing to a close, with, on the part of the public itself, a growing evidence of their appreciation. The nightly atten dance in the Royal Italian Opera House at Covent Garden, affords evidence of this, of the most conclu sive character. Nor is it matter for surprise that it should be so—particularly now when the vast majority of the places of public entertainment (among these nearly the whole of the London theatres) are closed inhos pitably against all sight-seeing Londoners. Thanks to Mr Mellon, however—no w that the Opera Houses are both of them closed, here at Covent Garden, there at Her Majesty's, when Drury Lane is shut, and the Haymarket, and the St. James's, and the Westminster, and Sadler's Wells, and the Lyceum—when even individual entertainers, like Mr Woodin, have packed up their proper ties for a tour in the provinces—thanks, we say, during this no-season among the generality of managers, conductors, and entertainers, thanks to Mr. Alfred Mallon's enterprize in the matter of these Concerts, we can enjoy any, nay every, night if we please, a feast of sweet sounds—musie by the most gifted masters, executed by the most accom plished performers. Madlle. Marie Krebs on the piano, Mr. Carrodus on the violin, Mr Levy on the cornet. -piston, Ali Ben Son-Alle on the Turko phone, Madlle. Carlotta 'Patti on that marvellous, magical organ of her own—her voice I Last even ing (another of Mr. Mellon's Thursdays!) was the night set apart, this week, for the, works f Mendelssohn—as the previous Tl,:arsday had been set apart for those of /11 , - zut and as next Thursday (an exceptio r . - dtly grand attraction even among these Thurrddays) is to be set apart for the works of, T;:ceethoven. Meeti ng of Crowned Heads at Kissingen. Galignani publishes an interesting letter from Kissingen, giving a comparative sketch of its merits over those of other watering places, and containing an amusing account of the doings of Royal and Im perial personages there : There are but few French here, and scarcely and ngliah, In the social aspects of Kissingen there is a cell-mendable absence of the follies of fashionable life. T tere is no Ca s i no , no Kursaal, a s a t Wi es b a d en, Ems ~ andßaden B a d en , an d, consequently, the canons of taste are not offended by the pretentious toilettes and vicious excesses which have rendered those 1 316 Les so notorious. In its secluded position, its rural enr...ons, and the every day life of the visitors, Kissin:;en bears a strong resemblance to Schwalbach. Yet the, appearance of the guests and the character of the waters in the two places are the very antipodes of each other. At Kissingen, the majority of the visitors are more or less over grown, more or less florid-looking, and the males out-num ber the females .0 to 1. The waters, with a plain dietary regimen and plenty of exercise,are very efficacious in check ing any tendency to corpulency, and are useful in the cure of dyspepsia and all derangements of tho stomach. At Schwalbach the visitors are generally thin, pale-looking, and the females outnumber vastly the males. As the iron waters enrich the blood, and the object in taking them is to add flesh and not reduce it, the exercise prescribed to those taking the cure at Schwalbach Is very light, while the diet is ri,n and abundant. At the late, place the ladies re:Jain sitting all day long on rural benches under the tr:,es, listening to the music; whilst at Kissingen every - eath and corner is invaded from six to eight in the r"..orning and four to six in the afternoon by endless crowds of mostly male promenaders, walking with intense energy, and looking as if engaged in the performance of some solemn religious duty. A fine band of music performs during the hours of promenade, The visit of the Imperial and Royal personages here produced no perceptible influence on the Usual routine of life. The Imperial family of Russia set a Lotable example by the unostentatious style of their manners. The Empress walked out in the beautiful grounds every day, dressed in marked simplicity. Wherever she went, she was the observed of all observers. She is a graceful-looking Woman, of slight physique, Saxon type of features, and ap parently about 45 years of age. She took the cure regularly under the advice of the best resident physician, whom she consulted upon her arrival. She looked well, and was not seriously indisposed, but the cruel rigour of the Russian winters had tried her constitution severely, and it was believed by her medical advisers that a thorough change of air, with tho use of proper medicinal waters, would do her great good. Of the Russian Imperial family who have been sojourning in Kissingen, there were, besides the Emperor and Empress, two of the younger Grand Dukes, the Grand Duchess He!oa, and the Prince Imperial Cesarowilch, just turned 20, of fine personal presence and very agreeable manners. He is at present, as you are aware, making a general tour through Europe. The Emperor was to be seen constantly during his stay walking about the public grounds, and not untrequently in the society of the new King of Bavaria. his costume was a simple morning dress, with a plain grey hat, in striking contrast with the military unitorra which he invariably wears in public when in Russia, In most of his rambles he was accompanied by his favourite black setter dog, " Mylord," of English stock. The young King of Bavaria had an opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of the Emperor of Austria and of the Imperial family of Russia. He is not yet nineteen, but very manly in appearance, with a fine Raphaelite face, and expressive large blue eyes. He has been brought up with his younger brother, under the guardianship of a Protestant mother, in a strict and domestic manner, and his seen comparatively little of life cutside of his father's palace. Indeed, his education was not yet completed, as it had been definitely arranged that he should go to the Uni versity this winter, when all at once his father's demise de. volved on him the duties of Royalty. His portrait, which previously was scarcely known to the people, is at pre sent in every window. For two or three days prior to quitting Kissingen, he was confined to his apartment by the effects of fatigue, and his re-appearance on the morning of his departure, was a signal for quite an outburst of popular enthusiasm. Imprieoriment of Four Italians in Bokhara. The Rurkaru gives some details relating to the imprisonment of the Italian adventurers, now sup posed to be lingering in the custody of the barba rous Khan of Bokhara, or, as is more probable, condemned to the fate of our own unfortunate Stoddart and Conelly in the same inhospitable region :—" The party consisted of four Italians and an attendant, who acted as an interpreter and gave himself out as a Russian. Thev arrived at Bukhara in October last and took up their quarters in a cara vanserai in the town. Here they were visited by the Wuzser, to whom they explained the object of their mission, He closely examined their effects, which comprised some merchandise, in the Shape of spring toys, jackesinshoxes, a handsorgan, and other sariosiies, and after exacting a heavy duty he left qleM, intimating that, they would be allowed to purchase small qtiatitities of silk in the bazaar until I the King's pleasure was knob. The Ameer was at this time absent on an expedition to-IL:than, and on being apprisedof the presence of these foreigners at his capital, he ordered that they should be placed in the principal fort, the B sla Hisses, but should not be treated as prisoners. On his return, the Ameer granted them an audience, and inspected their curio sities. Their papers subsequently underwent 3 closer scrutiny, and, unfortunately for the Italian's ; some sketches of the country traversed by them, and a plan of the bazaar of Bokhara itself, were dis covered, which roused the Ameer's worst suspi cions of their inimical character, and led to their immediate removal to the notorious subterranean prison known as the Al Ktiunna,' or Dark Well. After a week's incarceration in this chamber of horrors, the Amer, it is alleged, relented, and ordered the strangers back to the Bala Hisser, or principal fort. This occurred in November last, and later intelligence received would seem to show that they continued to be detained at this fort pending a reference made to the Court of St. Petersburg by the Ameer. On their removal to the prison of the Dark Well, orders were given for the confiscation and public sale of their property, and a few articles belonging to the captives have thus found their way to the hands of the Punjab authorities. Wo have in this oircumstance a repeti tion of what happened to a portion of the property of the lamented Stoddart, one of whose sextants and several hooks were brought to St. Petersburg during his captivity at Bokhara. Meanwhile the Chevalier Bonhomme, as an envoy from the King of Italy, will have reached Teheran, and will lose no time in for warding letters which he bears from the Sultan of Tar' ey, as head of the faithful, to the Ameer of Bokhara in behalf of the Italian captives. But it is to be feared that, like that of the spiritual head of Rome, the influence of the Ottoman Sultan in tem. poral matters is very faint in the ultramontane re gions of Bokhara. The general impression is that the illatl3llCo of Russia alone can save the men, and it is confidently expected that it will be vigorously employed," Frederick Douglass on the American War, The following is an extract from a recent letter from Mr. Douglass to an English correspondent who had helped to send out a box of clothipg for the distressed fugitives in Washington, D.C,, and who wished to assist the society conducted by coloured people. Mr. Douglass's rebuke of Mr. Lincoln's Government comes with peculiar force from one of the sufferers : My knowledge of the character and efficiency of the Freedman's Relief Scciety at Washington was obtained last summer by attending its annual meeting at the Fifteenth-street Presbyterian Church in that city. eft ere were present about fifty ladies and gentlemen. But these were to all outward seeming well entitled to the name I give them. I never was in a more orderly or ousiness-liko society. Tne eight of these kind, good people endeavouring to do something towards mitigating the sufferings of their race, and to assist in their imprcvement, would have been gratifying to you. I ehall send your letter to Miss E. V. Brown, the correspond ing secretary of the Washington Freedman's Association. She is better able than I to give you direct information as to what the society has done, is doing, and proposes to do. When the question of organi s i ng these Freed man ' s Associa tions was first raised I opposed such organisations, chiefly on the ground that tt se y alive the hurtful id would tend to keep that the negro cannot take care of hims elr .. And even now I insist that these societies ought not to be necessary, and would not if t ., l de Government and people of the country would only be just in their dealings with them. These newly-freed people are victimised on every hand. Their strong men have been literally swept into the army, and the weak ones left to endure untold B,;2Teeing. Heretofore our Government ha.:Uty paid them money enough to buy the shoes they march in. Had we justice we should not need generosity. You have said some sharp things in the Inquirer of the conduct of the Washington Guveinuient, but none too sharp. The more you can say of the swindle by which our Government claims the respect of mackind for abolishing slavery—at the same time that it is practically re-establishing that hateful system in Louisiana, under General Banks—the better. I have not readily consented to the claims set up in the name of anti-slavery for our Government, but I have tried to believe all fur'the best. My patience and faith are not very strong now. The treatment of our black soldiers —the refusal to pay them any like equal compen sation, though it was promised them when they enlisted; the refusal to insist upon the ex change of coloured prisoners, and to retaliate upon rebel prisoners when coloured prisoners have been slaughtered in cold blood, although the Presis dent has repeatedly promised thus to protect the lives of his ooloured soldiers—have worn my patience quite threadbare, The President has virtually laid down this as the rule of his statesmen : Do evil by choice, right from necessity. You will see that he does not sign the bill adopted by Congress restricting the organisation of State Governments only to those States where there is a loyal majo:ity. His plan is to organise such Governments wheiever there is one-tenth of the people loyal !----an entire contra diction of the constitutional idea of Republican Government. I see no purpose on the part of Lin coln and his friends to extend the elective franchise to the coloured people of the South, but the con trary. Thia is extremely dishonourable. No rebuke of it can be too stinging from your side of the water. The negro is deemed good enough to fight for the Government, but not good to vote or enjoy the right to vote in the Government. We invest with the elective franchise those who with bloody blades and bloody hands have sought the life of the nation, but sternly refuse to invest those who have done what they could to save the nation's life. This discrimination becomes more dishonourable whe❑ the circumstances are duly coneidered. Our Govern ment asks the negro to espouse its cause ; asks him to turn against his master, and thus fire his master's nate against him. Well, when it has attained peace, what does it propose Why this, to hand the negro back to the political power of his master, without a single element of strength to shield himself from the vindictive spirit sure to be roused against the whole coloured ram You can easily imagine that my life during all this war has been an anxious one. Constituted as I am, and identified as I am with the hated class whose fortunes tremble constanny in the balance, there is no rest for my spirit amid this terrible strife. My son Lewis has been honourably dis charged from the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, but he is still with the regiment in South Carolina, acting as sutler's clerk. My son Charles has been in several of the recent battles round Petersburg, Virginia. A week ago he was still unharmed. We take up the paper each morning with a hesitating nand, for we know not what it may bring. Our country—l mean the North as well as the South — seems rapidly tending to ruin. Our financial con dition is rapidly r, aging itself to the level predicted for it by some of your statesmen as well as ours. Our people don't want to be taxed to sustain the public credit, and impose upon our financiers the Egyptian task of making bricks without straw. Chase's re signation, I fear, will prove a heavy blow to our credit abroad. Of all members of the Cabinet Mr. Chase wcs perhaps the most anti-slavery. I am ex. petting to visit the freed men's camp about Wash ington and Alexandria soon, and may hereafter give you some account of their condition and prospects. My friends about Washington think it does some good to have me go down and talk to them. lam sure it does me good. WILLS AND BEQUESTS, The will of Sir Christopher W. Bethel Codrington, Bart., M.P., of Dodingten Park, Gloucestershire, was adminis tered to on the 9.h inst. It bears date 1851, and a codicil is added, dated June 22, 1864, Sir Christopher has be queathed to his relict, Lady Georgiana Charlotte Anne, daughter of the seventh Duke of Beaufort, the whole of his property, her ladyship being the universal legatee un der the will. Ills son and heir is a minor in his fourteenth year. The will of Sir Francis Edward Scott, Bart., of Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire, was proved in London, on the 30th ult., by the, executors, the Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., and Wm. G. Moist, Esq. The personalty was sworn un der £60,000. The will bears date Nov. 18, 1863, and was attested by Sir Win. E. C. Ilartropp, Bart., and the Rev. Payton Blakiston, Clerk and I%i.D ,of St. Leonardo. The testator died three days after, at St. Leonarde on-the-Sea, at the age of 39.. Sir Francis married, in 1854, Mildred Anne x daughter of Sir Wm.' Hartronp, Bart. It is a sin gular cirensaatanee that two distinct baronetcies—viz , , those of Bateman and Seeitt, both created in 1806, met in the person of the late Baronet, who succeeded to the Bateman baronetcy in 1824, and ttr that of Scott in 1851. Sir Francis was the eldest son of the late Sir B. D. Scott, Bart., by Cathetine Juliana, eldest daughter and co heiress of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart. Sir Francis 'Qs bequeathed to his relict an annuity of,lloo beyond her annuity linder settlement, To his eldest eon (a minor) he has devised e his real estate and the residue of the personalty, To ,tlunger son and three daugutere he leaves legacies of £5,00u eh. Sir Francis has bequeathed - is to the Midland Institute, his collection of Linaoges ename._ of £5O to purchase in Birmingham, together with the sun, an oak or walnut case to contain them. The will of Martin Thackeray, Esq., of Gloucester-p: lce l rortman-square, was proved in the London Court, on the 22d ult., by the execu ors, Augusta Thackeray, the relict, and Charles De La Pryme, Esq. ; the nephew. The per sonalty was sworn under £35,000. The teatater was for many years Vice- erovost of King's College, Unitiersity of Cambridge. Upon the decease of his widow he bequeaths to that college all his books, prints, and engravings, in testimony of his grateful remembrance of the obligations received by him from the bounty of King Heury Vie an d his anxious desire to protn,ae the stilly of sound and usefut learning amongst th e sc h o l ars of the college foun d e d by his Majesty. He a l so b equeat h s the sum of £1,6 00 , t h e divi• dends to he given to th e sc h o l ar of Ki ng ' s C o ll e ge educate d in the foundation at Et on who shall, o n the examin ation each year for B ac h e l or o f A rts, h ave t a k e n the highe st degree amongst th e W rang l ers i n t h e ma thematical t ri p es. The testator bequeaths to his relict a life interest in his estates real and personal, appointing her ladyship also resi duary legatee; and, upon her decease, de vises his freehold estate to his nephew, Joseph Thackeray, le avin g liberal legacies to his nephews, nieces, and others. To the Bed ford Hospital he bequeaths £5OO. This bequest, and the legacies to the college, are to be paid free of duty. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES,—A general meeting of the magistratesof the County of Middle• sex was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, for the transaction of the, usual county business ; Mr Henry Pownall was in the chair• The prcoeedings, however, were of the usual routine character, and such as not to call for a report. 1- ;4 1 tffurt - Orfila HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 18. Her Majesty .the Queen gave an entertainmen t yesterday afternoon to the boys and girls of the Whippingham schools in the new school house. The Queen, eccompanie3 by Prices and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise , Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, arrived at the school-house at half-past 5 o'clock, and was re ceived by the Rev. G. Prothero, rector of Whipping" ham. Princess Victoria of Hesse was also present. The children immediately sat down to tea, after which they proceeded to a neighbouring field, wher e games and reces took place, the commencement of which was witnessed by the Queen and royal fare* Viscount and Viscountess Gort, and several ladies and gentlemen, with their families, residing in t e neighbourhood attended. ed Her Majesty and the royal family were attended by Lady Portman, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the 1-I ° n " Florence Seymour, Baroness de Grancy , Litnt ' " General the Hon. C. Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Du Pla t ' Captain von Weeterweller, and Colonel Si r T. 3i Biddulph. Her Majesty has received good accounts of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, from Norway , w here he proceeded as far as the North; and from he Royal Highness Prince Arthur, who id making tour in. Switzerland, attended by Colonel F. oef. mour and Major Zphinstone. t Prince Arthur has lately been staying r" arils mounix, from whence he ascended on foot tow Mont Blanc, as far as the Grande Mutes. The Prince and Princess of v,raleS Scotland. The Prince of Wales ties been erjevirg the sO rl of grouse shooting on the Abergeldie m oors since r : 1 the opening day, and with fair success. On Sate day the Countess oT Fife drove to Abergeldie 03 , e visit to their royal highnesses. On Sunda,' Prince and Princess of Wales, and his Roya l 11 . 4 ig , - ness the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess ."' and suite attended the parish churcl of Crath ie. The Rev. W. Anderson, assistant clergYri?,ps preached an excellent sermon from the ward s-- h it not a little one P'—Gen. xis. 20. The chute was ell filled. It s stated that their royal highnesses will be E s ; sorted to Denmark by the Channel fleet, and thtl f the vessels will rendezvous at Lela) by the 16 September. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of cariabricg° and Princess Mary of Cambridge, atten ded by Cb ° 1 ; Curzon, arrived at Aberdeen on Saturday, oa way to Deeside. After inspecting the statue a 14 ,_ . nesses left for Aboy Prince Consort in Union-street, their royal hign posting to Abergeldie, on a visit to the Prince+ and purposes t Princess of 'Wales. His royal highness hanour the Earl of Dalhousie by a visit at Brechill Castle this week for a few days' nes whence they proceeded and the noble earl has invited a select party gentlemen to meet his royal visitor. ' at The Duke and Duchess of Richmond arrive Gordon Castle, N. 8., last week, and are now ea: grouse shooting; tertaining a select circle of friends. O n t he fir st On two days of grouse shooting on the Blackwater Glen Fiddich moors the Duke, Lord Bingham , C° Cok?, and Mr. Coke killed above 140 brace (1 ' birds. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and th e Baroness de Cetto left the Bavaria n Legation, 13 Hill-street, Berkeley-square,yesterday, for Brigbtee The Marquis and Marchioness of Landsdowne have arrived on a visit to the Right Hon. J. Fit zn patrick at Granstown, on their way to Kearney. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of LondoscierrY has arrived at Garron Tower, her svat in Icelan d from Seham Hall. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough arrived 11t Bessborough House, Kilkenny, on Monday last. The Earl and Countess of Wilton, Viscount an a Viiicountess Grey de Wilton, and Mr. and Lady A ice des Vozeax are at present staying at W ei ,: mouth. The party intend to remain unt il arta to: regatta next week. The Earl Beauchamp has gone to Hastings. T ile noble earl has greatly improved in health. Tice Earl of ;Stafford has arrived in Paris, from England. its Earl de Grey arrived in town yestord9o evening from a tour of inspection of th e tort& t1°134 at present in progress on the coasts of Irelant t't` England. The countess has also arri ved in tell a' n, _ The Earl of Dalhousie is at lavermark, pa where he is receiving a smell ore, first party of visiiors• irt first two days of shooting afford ed excellent 1311 nearly 100 birds having fallen to each gun. ° u ° The Earl of Aberdeen has recently beet p visit to the E a r! of Dalhousie at B rechin C W3l" Forfarshire. Viscount and Viscountess Castlerosse lice ar s rived at Kiikenny House, Killarney, after pa. 0" visit to their Irish seat on tree way. of The Countess of Erroll gave bir th to a 0 oi• „ damns Castle, Aberdeenshire, on the 14th in 4 t. Viscount Holmesdaie, who has the whole 1 )f e c I t a he Invercauld shootings on the north side of the Dee/ e: l l ia s small portion in the vicinity of Invercauld arrived at Corndavon Lodge, for the season. c ne veer Lord Edward Cavendish and the Hon. Lyttelton have been among the visitors to Sir Atig --11 Clifford, at Westfield Houseeltydo. 1~~ DEATH OF DR. R. DUNDAS THO3IsON, F• -I; uu"4 We have to record the death of Dr. Robe thrt JO 6 :„ e ticientuiv Thomsen, a gentleman of consid erable mark in world.' He died on Wednesday last at Banat:lbl°' here W he was on a visit to his brothe r. Dr. Thompson w a s b°ra in 1805, and was educated at Glasgow, in which university' he eventually took hi s de g ree of doctor of niedicin e• A ter practising some time in L ondon he became connet;ted wit many of the metropo litan medical societies, and 5' 7313 ' IP , pointed lecturer on chemistry at St. Thomas's liesteio" having held a similar position in the University of .Gis s e . He was one of the founders of the Blenheim Free OisP e L sary, an institution which conferred incalculable he'"'"v on the poor, and long acted g ratuitously as one of its P,bl,- skims. He also became phyoician of the Scottish Jo"; pita!, on behalf of which his services were alway s 111 °.! pacd ri l ansoc e liaadw: death thae t uh t uln l rendered. let y dhpapet:ohrposietrfsehotcshfiohdemf ieLr:e uldcoraiyngerldayioicolifeaenoibtwf officer 9 a fellow : L t : '''- ne n : ee d dEr bErcei of el tchi ihosseemehfelm,uts health t l t i r l , oosr : t ot h nochi e ti doe: gt t e t ;32 o rsa y dre. a l .e . ts i ~i3o: c lye icot E rli 03 1 ti .:.0 , , son, in addition to his medical labours, fact 3 , i n .-° " Re and edit several scientific works. Amongst I' e " -- a. I 3 coeds of General Science," 4 ;els ; " 13riti sil •Mil d lia. l :l 4 - vols.; " besides cal and scientific j m orrn y a uyclopeadia of Chemistry, Mineralo,glr'io7i wedi siology," member ber of ljournals. D r. contributionsTh Thomson ni t ° so t: e w v a s s _. , . ~ ado lifted e the Royal College of Physicians in 1 '-'° e th° p_lenit:EofGbßirOdsU,SiEt being said From ail part s e a 1 , -na Yorkshire moors accounts are received of the e x •" - vo never been so numerous. The th astutressesvoert a t l h y e e a s r p s o t r la t e s y ra 1 01 3 jai various. On the moors skirting- the Cleveland district be'. nags are the rule, owing to the strength and wiluness O'', the g a me, but from the extreme north, on Mr telorrires,: t2or, near Rokeby, the reverse is the case. The p arty ,;* m. m,z-ritt, M.P., consisting et that gentleman, Lord liare.: wood, the 2 on. E. Duncombe, ler,p., bi r , Tyner, Ctlonel cs)e)v and Sir G. Wombwell, in o ne da, mom; them, and on the next 1.-15 're never known sop ien tittil ' fl o. 8 GRCFbeQUE NOT BUlzitee's--,1, have bagged ar i (1 Here og l eeN t rdh:3sltllGL.6:bNbs larr:rdus. --Frederick itoteson is dead, le , o, the groteeque little actor who, ten years tette, set the wits of London to g wr o r. discover ia what lay thd aeeret of his niarvelloug P' gr Originally sprung from the booths of our country }a irs. , we e Robson made his debut in London at the Eagle favo -D ' l of Mr Conquest's Grecian. Here he attracted a great de:,_ic, notice, but it was not before his appear once at the clever,OlYF Theatre, in the late Frank Tallourd's exceeding!). r_4, burlesque of " Macbeth," that the lull measure of his b o e ree d became appreciated. Since that time, up booni an ao retirement from the stage, the career of RoWO 'couic interrupted success. His school of ,ficting was _,„treel6°ain a pt t o _., than grotesque, and the thoughtful critic was the smile upon his lips in favour of a more seriou :k; tbe , :ion whon he saw the quaint, weird little figurne,d _:sioo. marvellously expressive lace illustrate feelings g . _ l : au , bat' which no one could fail to recognise as real]) tw a :laughter - ° t ' ' which had a tendency - to of not so much hum aiti, L od feeling of chill terror at the weaknees of poo.r from aooitl• the slender boundary which divides insanettly Callot Os ° Robson was no more a burlesque actor tha c, _01,.... .0 8 ue b R caricaturist : he belonged to the grotesque Queen Of brio auy.